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How Sarkozy Vision Takes Shape

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Marc Champion in Brussels and

David Gauthier-Villars in Paris

Updated June 14, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Before he became president of France last month, Nicolas Sarkozy promised a new "French vision" of the world. That vision is beginning to come into focus and could have significant impact on the European Union and its neighbors -- as well as on some of Washington's foreign-policy goals.

From relations with Russia, to the EU, Turkey and the U.S., Mr. Sarkozy has begun to set himself apart from his predecessor, Jacques Chirac, whose policies pivoted around his goal of forging a European counterweight to U.S. power....